Manicure tools



Oct. 29,1957 M. E. FLEMING 2,811,160

MANICURE TOOLS Filed Oct; 1, 1956 INVIENTOR a {8 mfimzmy/ 5 569.6. BY 9W m mwb ATTORNEY United States Patent 2,811,160 MANICURE TOOLS Margaret E. Fleming, Niagara Falls, N. Y., assignor to John Stuart Fleming, Niagara Falls, N. Y.

The invention relates to manicure tools, this application being related to the Patent No. 2,738,794, dated March 20, 1956 for Combined Cuticle Pusher and Finger Nail Cleaner.

An object of the invention is to adapt the longitudinal edge of this tool for use as a finger nail cleaner. In this operation the longitudinal edge of the tool is movable between and in contact wtih the free edge of the finger nail and the adjacent cuticle. Said longitudinal edge being somewhat rigid needs to be cushioned to cushion the paper folds of said longitudinal edge in said contact and to avoid undue wear upon said paper folds, inasmuch as the thin flexible paper of said paper folds tends to wear through in said contact. Another object is to adapt said longitudinal edge for use as a finger nail cleaner by providing the innermost of the paper layers of which the tool is composed with a soft self-cushioned edge located within and adjacent the paper folds of said longitudinal edge to cushion said paper folds in said contact. Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter or will be obvious.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a side view of the manicure tool.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a blank for making the tool.

Figure 4 is a transverse section of the tool composed of four paper layers and on an enlarged scale.

Figure 5 is a plan view of a blank for making a modification.

Figure 6 is a transverse section of the modified tool composed of three paper layers and on an enlarged scale.

Figure 7 is a section on a much enlarged scale of a fragment of the paper having the soft edge.

Figure 8 is a plan view of the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the manicure tool composed of a plurality of identical superposed layers 1 of thin flexible paper having opposite upper and lower longitudinal edges 2, 2', the forward end portions of said layers consisting of an upper set of superposed tongues 3 having rounded forward edges 3' for cuticle pushing and a lower set of superposed tongues 4 having straight forward edges 4 intersecting the lower longitudinal edges 2 in points 5 for finger nail cleaning, said layers having paper folds 6 integral therewith for connecting them together extending along the lower longitudinal edges 2 to said points 5 and along the upper longitudinal edges 2 to said tongues 3.

The tool is made from a blank having a plurality of longitudinal subdivisions 7, six subdivisions as shown, said blank having upper and lower longitudinal soft selfcushioned edges 8, 8, beveled upon one side thereof at 9 resulting from tearing said blank from and along weakened tear lines of a sheet of said paper. Said blank is folded to superpose said subdivisions as layers upon one another, to provide the paper folds 6, to locate the innermost of said layers with its soft edge 8 within and adjacent the paper folds 6 of the upper longitudinal edge 2 2,81 1,160 Patented 0a. 29, 1957 ice of the tool and the outermost of said layers with its soft edge 8 without and adjacent the paper folds 6 of said edge 2. Said upper longitudinal edge 2 is movable between and in contact with the free edge of the finger nail and theadjacent cuticle, for finger nail cleaning, said soft edges 8, 8' cushioning the paper folds 6 of said edge 2 in said contact. g V V i 4 v A modificationis shown in Fig. 5, in which said blank lias'five'subdivisions, said blank bjeing folded as aforesaid to-loca'te theinne'rmos'tof said layers with its" soft edge 8 within and adjacent the paper folds 6 of the upper longitudinal edge 2 of the tool and the outermost of ,said layers with its soft edge 8 without and adjacent the paper folds 6 of said edge 2', said soft edges 8, 8 cushioning the paper folds 6 of the upper longitudinal edge 2 of the tool and cushioning the paper folds 6 of the lower longitudinal edge 2' of the tool, depending upon which longitudinal edge of the tool is used for finger nail cleaning.

The outermost paper layer 1 is pasted down to the layer immediately thereunder by an adhesive 10 located back of the tongues 3 and 4 and back of its soft edge, 8.

The tool may be longitudinally creased to aid in holding it in form, inasmuch as it is necessarily quite thin. The paper material of which the tool is composed may be substituted by any other equivalent material. The thinness of the paper is subject to some variation. The right is reserved to modifications coming within the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. A manicure tool having upper and lower longitudinal edges, said tool being composed of a plurality of identical superposed layers of thin flexible paper, the forward end portions of said layers consisting of an upper set of superposed tongues having rounded forward edges for cuticle pushing and a lower set of superposed tongues having straight forward edges intersecting said lower longitudinal edges in points for finger nail cleaning, said layers having paper folds integral therewith extending along both of said longitudinal edges for connecting the layers together; characterized in that the innermost of said layers has a soft self-cushioned edge beveled upon one side thereof resulting from tearing it from and along a weakened tear line of a sheet of said paper, said soft edge being located within and adjacent the paper folds of said upper longitudinal edge of the tool, said upper longitudinal edge being movable between and in contact wtih the free edge of the finger nail and the adjacent cuticle for finger nail cleaning, said soft edge being adapted to cushion the paper folds of said upper longitudinal edge in said contact.

2. A manicure tool as defined in claim 1, in which the outermost of said layers has a longitudinal soft selfcushioned edge beveled upon one side thereof resulting from tearing it from and along a weakened tear line of a sheet of said paper, said soft edge being located without and adjacent the paper folds of said upper longitudinal edge of the tool, said soft edge being adapted to cushion the paper folds of said upper longitudinal edge of the tool in said contact.

3. A manicure tool as defined in claim 2, in which the tool is made from a blank having a plurality of longitudinal subdivisions, said blank having upper and lower longitudinal soft self-cushioned edges, said blank being foldable to superpose said subdivisions as layers upon one another, and to locate said soft edges respectively within and without the paper folds of said upper longitudinal edge of the tool.

' 4. A manicure tool having upper and lower longitudinal edges, said tool being composed of a plurality of identical superposed layers of thin flexible paper, said layers having paper folds integral therewith for connecting them together; characterized in that the innermost of said layers has a longitudinal soft self-cushioned edge beveled upon one side thereof resulting from tearing it from and along a weakened tear line of a sheet of said paper, said soft edge being located within and adjacent the paper folds of the upper longitudinal edge of the tool, said upper longitudinal edge of the tool being movable between and in contact with the free edge of the finger nail and the adjacent cuticle for finger nail cleaning, said soft edge being adapted to cushion the paper folds of the upper longitudinal edge of the tool in said contact.

5. A manicure tool as defined in claim 4, in which the outermost of said layers has a longitudinal soft selfcushioned edge beveled upon one side thereof resulting from tearing it from and along a weakened tear line of a sheet of said paper, said soft edge being located without and adjacent the paper folds of the upper longitudinal v edge of the tool, said soft edge being adapted to cushion said paper folds in said contact.

6. A manicure tool as defined in claim 4, in which the outermost of said layers has a. longitudinal soft selfcushioned edge beveled upon one side thereof resulting from tearing it from and along a weakened tear line of a sheet of said paper, said soft edge being located without and adjacent the paper folds of the lower longitudinal 10 edge of the tool, said soft edge being adapted to cushion said paper folds in said contact.

No references cited. 

